John Comstock Doyle is the John G Braun Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and BioEngineering at the
California Institute of Technology
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. He is known for his work in
control theory
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and his current research interests are in theoretical foundations for complex networks in engineering, biology, and multiscale physics.
Education
He earned a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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in 1977 and a
Ph.D.
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in Mathematics from the
University of California, Berkeley
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, in 1984 with his thesis titled ''Matrix interpolation theory and optimal control''.
Work
Doyle's early work was in the mathematics of
robust control In control theory, robust control is an approach to controller design that explicitly deals with uncertainty. Robust control methods are designed to function properly provided that uncertain parameters or disturbances are found within some (typicall ...
,
linear-quadratic-Gaussian control robustness, (structured) singular value analysis, and
H-infinity methods. He has co-authored books and software toolboxes, and a control analysis tool for high performance commercial and military aerospace systems, as well as other industrial systems.
Awards
Doyle earned the
IEEE W.R.G. Baker Prize Paper Award (1991), the IEEE Automatic Control Transactions Axelby Award twice, and the AACC Schuck award. He also has been awarded the AACC
Donald P. Eckman Award, the 2004
IEEE Control Systems Award
The IEEE Control Systems Award is a technical field award given to an individual by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for outstanding contributions to control systems engineering, science or technology". It is an IEEE- ...
and the Centennial Outstanding Young Engineer Award.
References
External links
John C. Doyle's homepageDiscover Magazine article
California Institute of Technology faculty
Control theorists
UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni
MIT School of Engineering alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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